Comments on: A Space Odyssey? https://helterskelter.in/2012/08/a-space-odyssey/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Siddhartha Lal https://helterskelter.in/2012/08/a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:06:00 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=6161#comment-627 In reply to Smarika Kumar.

 The point about external transmission has been taken from one of Stephen Hawking’s lectures [though I am sure several other scientists hold (and have aired) similar views].

]]> By: Siddhartha Lal https://helterskelter.in/2012/08/a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:22:00 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=6161#comment-626 Also, the series of articles was inspired by Dawkins’s The Blind Watchmaker. So you are somewhat right!

]]> By: Smarika Kumar https://helterskelter.in/2012/08/a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-625 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:56:00 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=6161#comment-625 The external transmission perspective is really interesting! Reminds me of Dawkin’s proposal from The Selfish Gene about cultural evolution as an extension of biological evolution. Wonder if you happened to read it. 

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